Hearing impairment:

   

 

       Key links about hearing impairment:

• Information about deafness and hearing loss- Early Support
• Supporting the achievement of hearing impaired children in early years setting
• Teaching Assistant Guidance for HI
• Cochlear Implants – FM Training Tool 
• Checking Cochlear Implants
• How radio aids can help deaf children
• Creating good listening conditions for learning in education- practical suggestions for mainstream teachers
• E-flyers for education professionals
• Supporting the achievement of deaf children
• Mild hearing loss, major impact
• Assessments
• Special educational needs (SEN) reform: resources for professionals (England)
• Be Safe and Smart Online
• Buddy up! Setting up a peer support scheme for deaf pupils in your school
• Bullying and deaf children: A guide for primary and secondary schools
• Early Years Matters DVD
• Here to Learn video clips
• Look, Smile, Chat - promoting deaf awareness
• Memory and Learning
• Numeracy programme briefing paper
• The Secrets of Words - improving deaf children's literacy skills
• Teaching Phonics to Deaf Children: Guidance for teachers
• Supporting deaf young people through transition (England)
• Video 'How to' clips for teachers
• Specialist Education Support Services for Deaf Children: Advice for commissioners (England)
• Specialist provision for hearing impaired children within mainstream schools: advice for commissioners
• Quality Standards: Early Years Support
• Quality Standards: Specialist education services
• Quality Standards: Resource provisions for deaf children and young people
• Model Service Level Agreement
• Quality Standards for the Use of Personal Radio Aids
• What Are You Feeling? Developing emotional literacy in deaf children

• Just found out your baby has a hearing loss? Successful transitions to adulthood for deaf young people.

 

 

Visual Impairment

 

         

          Key links about visual impairment:

• Booklet for parents of children/young people with vision impairment (VI)
• Teaching Assistant Guidance for VI
• Beginner's guide to assistive technology
• How technology can be used to promote independent learning
• Transition guide: Bridging the gap
• Learning through play in the early years (Word, 192 KB)
• Focus on foundation (PDF, 603KB)
• Social inclusion in the early years  (Word, 165KB)
• Access to education (Word, 220KB)
• National Curriculum Guide 2014, (Word, 856 KB)
• Working with students with a Vision Impairment in Further Education (Word, 216 KB)
• Working with students with a Vision Impairment in Higher Education (Word, 193.5 KB)
• Emotional support for children with VI

 

               SLCN:

• Commissioning speech and language therapy services for your school
• Accompanying notes to CSE checklist physical environment
• Declutter the Classroom Checklist
• Teacher reflection form

 

 

Autism

 

          Key links about autism:

• Finding a school for your child with autism
• Sensory Audit for Schools and Classrooms
• Promoting emotional well-being in pupils with autism
• Home school communication sheet
• Girls and Autism-flying under radar
• How do women and girls experience autism?
• Purple Ella- excellent videos made by a young woman with autism